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No. 248,589. Patented Oct. 26,1881.

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CHRISTOPHER HAK, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, AND GEORGE D. WOOD- WORTH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ClGAR-MAKERS TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 248,589, dated October 25, 1881.

Applicationfilcd March 7,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, CHRISTOPHER HAK, of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, and GEORGE D. WooD- WORTH, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Makers Tables, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case.

It is well known to manufacturers of cigars that tobacco-leaves contain a large amount of sand; hence it is necessary before being made up to free the leavesfrom this impurity by sifting or otherwise. Owing to the fact that the leaves are not manipulated separately during thisprocess only a portion of the sand is removed. During the manipulation of the wrapper and filler preparatory to making each cigar this sand can be worked out to the best advantage, and it is found that the table where the filler and wrapper are worked willina short time be covered with the sand, which is occasionally brushed off, to prevent it from passing into the cigar and damaging the quality.

The object of this invention is to provide a portable sifting-case for cigar-1n akers,which is constructed of a form to be easily handled by the workman and of such a character as to absolutely prevent the sand from entering the oi gar after it is once separated from theleaves.

To this end it consists in an oblongcase having a drawer beneath, and provided with a perforated sheet-metal screen above, the rear end of the case having a back and sides, and also a partition for receiving different qualities of wrappers or of fillers, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents an oblong case having in the forward end a drawer, B, and at the rear end, above the drawer, a floor, C. The rear end of the case has a back which projects a suitable distance above the floor C, and the rear ends of the side pieces also project above the floor C. A perforated metal sheet, D, forms the floor for the forward end of the case, and this reaches back to the floor C. A movable piece, E, forming a partition, is placed diagonally across the rear end of the case and held in position by a cleat, F, as shown. This partition may be extended across the case in any other manner, but the position shown is the most convenient.

In operation the wrappers are placed on the floor C on both sides of the partition-piece E. .The wrappers are then taken separately therefrom and manipulated on the metal screen D. The sand thus falls through into the drawer B below, and the operator is not constantly compelled to free the space before them, and the careless workman is enabled to keep his cigars free from sand and grit.

We are aware that it is not new to employ a wire-gauze or a screen of perforated tin for the purposes herein named; but our design is to construct a portable case which may be used on the ordinary cigar-makers table and then removed, as herein stated. We therefore disclaim, broadly, the use of a screen.

Having'described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a portable sifting-case for cigar-fillers, the combination of the case A, having adrawer, B, beneath, and a screen, D, the rear end of the case projecting above the floor C, and provided with a movable partition, E, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 28th day of February, in the presence of witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER HAK. GEORGE D. WOODWORTH. Witnesses:

O. J. BAILEY, J. S. ZERBE. 

